During the Golden Age
of the Shianti, the dark god Naar began creating twenty champions that he would unleash upon
Magnamund. They were to regain the empire of Agarash the Damned which had been lost with the
fall or Naaros to the Elder Magi in the year 3572 MS. These champions of Naar were the Darklords
of Helgedad, who appeared in northern Magnamund in the year MS 3072.

The Darklords claimed a huge area of northwestern Magnamund as their own and turned it into a
desolate wasteland. They built eight gigantic city-fortresses in the Darklands, the largest of which
was called Helgedad. Historically, the Darklords often allied themselves with the Vassagonians and
the Shadakine.

Vashna, mightiest of the Darklords, was proclaimed Archlord in the year MS 3192, following the
War of Desecration which bound the Drakkarim nations to the Darklords. Vashna masterminded
the War of Desecration and would go on to mastermind many other conquests, most notably the
failed conquest of Sommerlund.

In MS 3434 when the Sommlending appeared in northern Magnamund, they pushed the Darklords
west beyond the Durncrag mountains and established the realm of Sommerlund in the territory they
had claimed. Vashna, enraged by the defeat, unleashed many Helghast upon Sommerlund in what
became known as the Helghast Wars from MS 3520 to 3550. However, the Sommlending
prevailed, thanks to the magic of the Brotherhood of the Crystal Star from the northern port city of Toran.

Still vowing to destroy Sommerlund, Vashna began the Black Muster in preparation for a full
invasion. But when the onslaught came the Sommlending together with their allies, the Durenese,
held firm against the Darklords. The turning point came at the Battle of Moytura where the
Darklord armies were broken and chased all the way south to the Maakengorge. There Vashna was
defeated in combat with King Ulnar of Sommerlund, wielding the Sommerswerd.

Following the defeat of Vashna, the Darklords feuded amongst themselves for leadership. Zagarna
was the eventual victor and he continued his predescessor's obsession with destroying the
Sommlending. In MS 4219 his forces actually laid siege to the Kai Monastery but were defeated by
Sommlending archers.

In MS 5050 Zagarna launched another attack on the Monastery. This time, with the aid of Vonotar
the traitor, a renegade magician from Toran, Zagarna was successful in destroying the Monastery.
However, one Kai Lord survived, a young initiate named Silent Wolf. This oversight would cost
Zagarna his life and deny his forces ultimate victory.

Silent Wolf -- who adopted the name Lone Wolf in honour of the massacred Kai -- journeyed to
Durenor to fetch the Sommerswerd which had been left in trust with the Durenese following the
defeat of Vashna. Upon his return, Lone Wolf slew Zagarna at the siege of Holmgard. Yet another
defeat threw the Darklords into another state of confusion. This time, the eventual successor to the
position of Archlord was Haakon.

Haakon reasoned that if the Darklords obtained the Book of the Magnakai it would prevent the rise
of a new order of Kai warriors. In MS 5055, he had located this lost Kai treasure in the Tomb of the
Majhan -- burial place of the ancient rulers of Vassagonia -- and he had lured Lone Wolf to the
desert realm with the help of his ally, Zakhan Kimah. Lone Wolf again thwarted the Darklords'
plans by escaping from the Vassagonians and subsequently defeating Haakon in combat inside the
Tomb of the Majhan.

This time, the Darklords' turmoil lasted several years. Darklord Gnaag became the new leader. As
Lone Wolf, armed with knowledge gained from the Book of the Magnakai, set about to reclaim the
Lorestones of Nyxator, Gnaag launched a massive invasion of northern Magnamund in order to
prevent Lone Wolf's completing his quest. Gnaag was very nearly successful when, in MS 5062, he
lured Lone Wolf to the Darklord fortress of Torgar. There, Gnaag cast the last of the Kai Lords into
a shadow gate which led to the Daziarn plane.

Gnaag proclaimed the young Kai dead. With Lone Wolf unable to lead the freestate armies, the
Darklords marched mercilessly over the lands of northern Magnamund for eight years.
Sommerlund itself, having lost the southern province of Ruanon to the Darklords before the supposed
death of Lone Wolf, was on the verge of defeat. Only aid from Durenor had prevented her demise.
Then, eight years after his descent into the Daziarn, Lone Wolf returned through a shadow gate in
the guildhall of the magicians guild of Toran, the Brotherhood of the Crystal Star.

The Darklords were finally defeated on the brink of their moment of triumph. During Lone Wolf's
absence the Darklords had begun to venture outside the Darklands for extended periods of time.
Normally this was impossible since the air of Magnamund was poisonous to them. However the
Darklords' magicians, the Nadziranim, had created devices called tanoz-tukor which allowed the
Darklords to breathe the air beyond the Darklands. The tanoz-tukor were powered by a transfusor in
Helgedad itself.

In MS 5070, with the help of the Elder Magi, Lone Wolf infiltrated the Darklands, gained entry to
Helgedad and destroyed the transfusor. In the process, all of Helgdad was turned to molten slag.
The Darklords outside the Darklands died without the transfusor to let them breathe.

The defeat of the Darklords was total, but their legacy lives on in Magnamund. Many of their
minions still toil in the remaining city-fortresses of the Darklands. Many adherants to the dark god
Naar still lurk in the shadows. Although the success of Lone Wolf and the forces of light brought
peace to northern Magnamund, the struggle they waged is by no means over.